15.17 उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः।यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः
uttamaḥ puruṣas
Word meanings
uttamaḥ—the Supreme;puruṣhaḥ—Divine Personality;tu—but;anyaḥ—besides;parama-ātmā—the Supreme Soul;iti—thus;udāhṛitaḥ—is said;yaḥ—who;loka trayam—the three worlds;āviśhya—enters;bibharti—supports;avyayaḥ—indestructible;īśhvaraḥ—the controller
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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But the Highest Person, distinct from both [this], is spoken of as the Supreme Self, which, being the changeless Lord, sustains the triad of the world by entering into it.
But higher than all am I, the Supreme God, the Absolute Self, the Eternal Lord, Who pervades the worlds and upholds them all.
There is the Supreme Person other than these. He is named the Supreme Self (Paramatma) in all the Vedas. He who, as the Immutable One and the Lord, entering the threefold world, supports it.
But different is the supreme Person who is spoken of as the transcendental Self, who, permeating the three worlds, upholds (them), and is the imperishable God.
But distinct is the Supreme Purusha called the highest Self, the indestructible Lord who, pervading the three worlds, sustains them.
15.19 यो मामेवमसम्मूढो जानाति पुरुषोत्तमम्।स सर्वविद्भजति मां सर्वभावेन भारत
yo mām
Word meanings
yaḥ—who;mām—Me;evam—thus;asammūḍhaḥ—without a doubt;jānāti—know;puruṣha-uttamam—the Supreme Divine Personality;saḥ—they;sarva-vit—those with complete knowledge;bhajati—worship;mām—Me;sarva-bhāvena—with one’s whole being;bhārata—Arjun, the son of Bharat
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He who, not being deluded, thus knows Me as the Highest of persons—he knows all and serves Me with his entire being, O descendant of Bharata!
He who with unclouded vision sees Me as the Lord-God, knows all there is to be known, and always shall worship Me with his whole heart.
He who, without delusion thus knows Me as the Supreme Self, knows all, O Arjuna, and worships Me in every way.
O scion of the Bharata dynasty, he who, being free from delusion, knows Me the supreme Person thus, he is all-knowing and adores Me with his whole being.
He who, undeluded, knows Me thus as the highest Purusha, he, knowing all, worships Me with his whole being (heart), O Arjuna!
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पुरुषोत्तमयोग
Chapter 15: The Supreme Self
puruṣottamayoga
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15.18 यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः।अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथितः पुरुषोत्तमः
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Word meanings
yasmāt—hence;kṣharam—to the perishable;atītaḥ—transcendental;aham—I;akṣharāt—to the imperishable;api—even;cha—and;uttamaḥ—transcendental;ataḥ—therefore;asmi—I am;loke—in the world;vede—in the Vedas;cha—and;prathitaḥ—celebrated;puruṣha-uttamaḥ—as the Supreme Divine Personality
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Because I have transcended both the perishable and the imperishable, I am acclaimed in the world and in the Vedas as the highest of persons.
Beyond comparison of the Eternal with the non-eternal am I, Who am called by scriptures and sages the Supreme Personality, the Highest God.
Because I transcend the perishable Person and am also higher than the imperishable person, therefore I am styled in the Smrti and the Veda as the Supreme Person (Purusotama).
Since I am transcendental to the mutable and above even the immutable, hence I am well known in the world and in the Vedas as the supreme Person.
As I transcend the perishable and am even higher than the imperishable, I am declared as the highest Purusha in the world and in the Vedas .
